#BBD755#BBD755

#BBD755 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.158 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD755
RGB	rgb(187, 215, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 60.5%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -27.50, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 65.44, 114.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0796 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.158 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4343, 59.8217, 17.6931)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD755 #7155D7

analogous

#D7B255 #BBD755 #7AD755

triadic

#BBD755 #55BBD7 #D755BB

tetradic

#BBD755 #55D7B2 #7155D7 #D7557A

square

#BBD755 #55D7B2 #7155D7 #D7557A

split-complementary

#BBD755 #557AD7 #B255D7

monochromatic

#789022 #A1C12D #BBD755 #CFE387 #E3EEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BBD755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#BBD755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD755

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD755	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 215, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.158 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e38a',
    500: '#bbd755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd755;
$custom-light: #d2e38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.923,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83313,
    "c": 0.15811,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD755

secondary

#4E3B95

accent

#43E566

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD755

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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